Ford Motor Company

Site STA Engineer - Electronics

Ford Motor Company • $84K — $162K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in electronics manufacturing systems and machine settings
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in supplier quality
  • Familiarity with electronic manufacturing standards (IPC-610, ISO 9000, etc.)
  • Experience in conducting feasibility assessments
  • Fluent in English, both written and spoken
  • Previous involvement in project management or program launches
  • Knowledge of quality system tools such as 8D, FMEA, and Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Responsibilities

  • Drive sourcing risk assessments for electronics suppliers
  • Industrialize new suppliers for Ford and implement new technologies
  • Conduct onsite evaluations for priority commodities as per engagement processes
  • Support capacity studies and uplift analyses in collaboration with suppliers
  • Perform supplier risk assessments for new sourcing initiatives
  • Review supplier tooling work plans for compliance with Ford standards
  • Drive supplier compliance with electronic manufacturing requirements

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care and parental leave options
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management leases
  • Tuition assistance for further education
  • Active employee resource groups for community and networking
  • Paid time off for community service initiatives
  • Generous paid holiday schedule including a week off between Christmas and New Year's
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
  • Implement commodity-specific business plans to ensure your suppliers exceed all corporate launch, quality, capacity, warranty metrics, and vehicle delivery
  • Lead cross-functional decisions with Ford & Supplier leadership to drive resolution of open issues
  • Implement actions to ensure zero vehicle losses from suppliers
  • Principal for on-site troubleshooting and corrective actions for emergency supplier situations
  • Growing our manufacturing expertise in electronics manufacturing


Responsibilities

What you'll do:
  • Drive robust sourcing risk assessments on new or potential electronics suppliers and existing suppliers with new commodities
  • Industrialize new suppliers to Ford, suppliers implementing new technology and or complexity commodities
  • Conduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programs.
  • Support Capacity Purchase team in capacity studies and Capacity uplifts studies, interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams.
  • Drive new supplier site evaluations and Supplier Risk Assessment on new sourcing in support of new program Sourcing (GCST process), identifying Risk Mitigation.
  • Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to the Ford Phased PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) process requirements.
  • Review and disposition Supplier's electronic Capacity Analysis Reports (eCAR) for compliance to capacity requirements.
  • Drive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, CP reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Health chart deployment as applicable.
  • Drive suppliers for Special process compliance, particularly Ford Electronic Manufacturing Requirements (FEMR), with the support of STA Technical Specialists and Subject Matter Experts.
  • Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/ retention, Health Charts (HCs) compliance, provide Supplier training and guidance as required.
  • Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU), through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology, PFMEA, SPC, Gage R&R as required, including readouts to upper-level management.
  • Drive closure of supplier process quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects and Field Service Actions.
  • Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance.


Qualifications

You'll have:
  • 5 years minimum experience analyzing machine settings to (pick-and-place, solder printers, reflow ovens) and machine vision systems (SPI, AOI, AXI)
  • Bachelor of Science / Engineering or Academic equivalent. Candidates without bachelor's degree will be considered with relevant automotive work experience in the supplier quality field.
  • Understanding and application of relevant electronic manufacturing standards (e.g., IPC-610, ISO 9000, ANSI S20.20, MIL, IATF 16949) and material regulations.
  • Performing manufacturing feasibility assessments
  • Ability to speak and write fluently in English
  • Experience in process planning, implementation, and launch in Electronics Manufacturing Systems
  • Experience in project management or program launch
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Problem Solving and Quality System Tools (e.g., 8D, 3-Legged-5Whys, FMEA, Statistical Process Control (SPC), MSA)
  • Ability to travel to suppliers' sites (located in the US, Mexico and Canada) as required to conduct audits (up to 70%), support issues containment and resolution, and drive prevent re-occurrence actions.


Even better, you may have:
  • Advanced knowledge of the electronics manufacturing process with hands-on experience
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Certification: Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvements initiatives, apply Six Sigma philosophies and principles (including the DMAIC Model)
  • Conducted Statistical Analysis and mentored other engineers
  • Experience mentoring internal teams of Supplier Quality Engineers
  • Experience Industrializing NEW Automotive Electronics Manufacturing suppliers in North America (Greenfield Sites) leading to on-time PPAP approval.
  • Experience in Ford's Phased PPAP and APQP Process and Deliverables
  • Experience using AI in problem solving cases


You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.


For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

This position is a range of salary grades 7 and 8.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite 4 or more days per week.

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Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
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